# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isamu-tanonaka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:00:10.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isamu-tanonaka"
name: "Isamu Tanonaka"
slug: "isamu-tanonaka"
description: "Isamu Tanonaka  was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Taitō, Tokyo. He was best known for voicing Medama Oyaji in nearly every adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's GeGeGe no Kitarō made during his lifetime."
tagline: "Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator (1932-2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/IsamuTanonaka.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932-07-19"
deathDate: "2010-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.46
  momentum:             2.607316557411715
  historical:           7.681298666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849776/"
    handle:    "nm0849776"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/18adf482-fbb5-4d07-822f-06921f666418"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "إيسامو تانوناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "ايسامو تانوناكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isamu_Tanonaka"
    title: "Isamu Tanonaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isamu_Tanonaka"
    title: "Isamu Tanonaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%AD%E5%8B%87"
    title: "田の中勇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E9%87%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%8B%87"
    title: "田野中勇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E9%87%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%8B%87"
    title: "田野中勇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3276073"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1241722"
    title: "Isamu Tanonaka"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump